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IMAGE: CNS/Bob RollerBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Ukrainian Cardinal Lubomyr Husar,known for his "velvety baritone" when chanting the Divine Liturgy or makingone of his regular appearances on television or radio programs, died May 31 nearKiev at the age of 84.Like many Ukrainian Catholics around the world, he knew whatit meant to be a refugee, to spend time in a displaced persons' camp, toimmigrate and to start all over again.But the experience also helped him become fluent in fivelanguages, "and he could joke in all of them," said Ukrainian BishopBorys Gudziak of Paris.And in a post-Soviet Ukraine, where leadership often meant"a compulsive passion" for money and power, "he lived inexemplary simplicity," Bishop Gudziak told Catholic News Service June 1."In Ukrainian folklore, a blind elder is considered asage," the bishop said. "He was the wise man of the country, a realfather whose embrace, word, warm smile and sense of humor -- oftenself-deprecating -- gave people a sense...
By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The UnitedStates has an obligation to honor the Paris climate agreement to protect"our people and our planet" and "mitigate the worst impacts ofclimate change," said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee onInternational Justice and Peace.The U.S. Conference of CatholicBishops "is on record supporting prudent action to mitigate the worstimpacts of climate change," Bishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruces, New Mexico,said in a June 1 statement.Pope Francis' encyclical letter"Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home" was timed, he said,"to urge the nations of the world to work together in Paris for anagreement that protects our people and our planet. We hope the United Stateswill honor the commitment it made there."Trump was expected to announcehis decision about exiting the Parish climate accord later in the afternoon ofJune 1.Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefectof the Vatican's Dicastery for the Integral Development of People, toldreporters in Washington May 31 that "...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The popular mobile word game Words With Friends has added one of the internet's most popular typos in recent days - "covfefe."...
BOSTON (AP) -- Police dogs simply follow their noses to sniff out narcotics. But inhaling powerful opioids can be deadly, so officers have a new tool to protect their four-legged partners: naloxone, a drug that has already been used for years to reverse overdoses in humans....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Even Mr. Met is frustrated with the team's disappointing start....
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The man responsible for a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University last year left behind a torn-up note in which he urged his family to stop being "moderate" Muslims and said he was upset by fellow Muslims being oppressed in Myanmar, The Associated Press has learned....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghans mourned the loss of family members, friends and colleagues on Thursday, a day after a massive truck bomb exploded in the capital, killing at least 90 people and wounding more than 450 in one of the worst extremist attacks since the drawdown of foreign forces from the country in 2014....
PARIS (AP) -- Cyberspace faces an approaching risk of "permanent war" between states and criminal or extremist organizations because of increasingly destructive hacking attacks, the head of the French government's cybersecurity agency warned Thursday....
ST.PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that the Russian state has never engaged in hacking and said Moscow will wait out the current political storm in the U.S. to forge constructive relations with President Donald Trump, whom he praised as a straightforward person with a "fresh set of eyes."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump may abandon U.S. pledges to reduce carbon emissions that contribute to global warming, but that step seems unlikely to stall the push to adopt cleaner forms of energy....
